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Pretty high prices being paid in the trade market
The price for DeBrusk just went up!!
Jason Gregor@JasonGregor
NHL salary cap is $104m. In the 2024 season it was $83.5m.
A $6.80m AAV in 2024 has the same percentage of cap space as $8.5m does this season.
Raddysh’s AAV isn’t crazy. Term, like most contracts, is where risk comes in. Overall this looks like a solid deal. #NHL
I read Malhotra is getting paid in Canadian dollars vs US dollars so Aquilini can save money…LOL!! Why would he agree to that?
Sounds like the Canucks are trying to push Boeser and EP40 about the door like Benning did with Bieksa. I sincerely hope that’s true.
I say just draft talent, high ceiling talent, it’s not like this is gonna be the only draft near the bottom in the next few years.
Vancouver Canucks
2026 draft picks: 1st, 1st (MIN), 2nd, 2nd (SJ), 3rd (CBJ), 4th, 5th, 6th, 6th (WSH), 6th (BOS)The Canucks’ most pressing need is skill. They need it on defense, and they need it at forward. It is not about positional need or desire; the Canucks desperately need to draft players with elite scoring profiles and high upside with every selection.
If Ivar Stenberg gets to three, that is a no-brainer pick. It continues with their other selections in their early rounds. They should target players such as Nikita Klepov, Adam Novotny, Mathis Preston, Ryan Roobroeck, Yegor Shilov, Casey Mutryn, Tommy Bleyl and Xavier Villeneuve.
The Canucks desperately need an influx of skill and upside at every position in their prospect pool as part of the rebuild. It starts with drafting the best players available and extracting value wherever possible.
Lebrun on Canucks:
Pettersson, Boeser and DeBrusk are available. They want to tear it all down…On Pettersson…I think Canucks are willing to retain.
Rick Dhaliwal@DhaliwalSports
I contacted Marcus Pettersson’s agent Peter Wallen and he says it is 1000% not true.
Wallen says Pettersson loves it in Vancouver and is thrilled to see what the new management crew will bring and lead them to.
He is 1000% looking forward to next season.
